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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday december 10,19b6 Pilot survives ordeal at sea despite bumps from Sharks Miami a a Pilot who had to ditch his plane Al sea said he survived 15 hours in the water by plug Ging holes in his life Vest with his fingers and kicking at circling Sharks As they bumped against him. At one Point 1 was bumped pretty hard and it scared me Waller Wyatt said monday in a phone interview from his Home in Homestead about 25miles Southwest of Miami. When they came up to bump me i kicked them and that discouraged them he said. I had my Lenni shoes on. There Are a lot of Sharks out there with . Keds stamped on their  Walt said he though he was going to be eaten Byich Sharks. The worst thing for a human being to think of is being eaten alive he said. The will to survive is an amazing thing Wyatt said. Many limes during the night i thought i was going to  Wyatt 31, a second officer on Boeing 727s for United airlines ditched late Friday afternoon in the Flor Ida Strain while flying his twin engine Beecher Labaron from Nassau Bahamas to spa Locka. He said the plane developed fuel and navigational problems. The coast guard rescued him the next morning about 15 hours after he ditched. He suffered Only Cut Sand bruises. Waii said lie radioed the coast guard shortly be fore he Losi Power and ditched off the Cay Sal Bank,110 Miles South of Miami and about the same distance off his course. He crawled out on the Wing of his plane which Sankin 20 minutes leaving him alone with the Leaky life a Cal two flare thai did l work and the Sharks so from Hen on it was survival he said. I had to get my head together. The weather was very very increment. Seas were about eight  Wyatt was one of two South floridians fished out of the Atlantic Ocean Over the weekend after separate crashes. A Day before rescuing Wyatt the coast guard picked Mike Feland 37, up off a life raft about 35 Miles Southeast of Miami. He had radioed for help when his Cessna 210 ran out of fuel. While Wyatt did t have the luxury of a raft he did gain Comfort from his watch. The Walch was my Only Means of communication and it was very comforting to me 10 Tell what time it was he said. The coming of Day also was encouraging except that a photo Walter Walt and sneakers used against Sharks it meant Wyatt could see around him. At Daylight 1 realized How Many Sharks were around me because 1 could see them As they moved into me to bump me he said when the coast guard arrived on the scene the had my a loaded up to fire on the Sharks if necessary Wyatt said. The coast guardsmen gave him medical attention and gave me Peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches an chocolate Chip cookies he said in Goi nothing but inc highest regard for the , coast  woman 5 children die in Home fire Holdenville okla a a fire that May have been sparked by an overloaded Extension Cord raced through two rooms of a House pouring Oul heavy smoke that killed a woman and five children authorities said monday. Paula sue pills 29, and the children were found in the two bedrooms of the Home in this Southeastern Oklahoma town after the sunday night fire. Fire chief dub Tatum said monday. The fire was confined to the living room and dining room but the six were overcame by intense beat an heavy smoke Tatum said. A fire marshal suspected that an overloaded Exten Sion Cord might have caused inc fire the chief said. He said a lamp a stereo Christmas lights and possibly Oiher things were plugged into the Cord. A neighbor reported the fire at 11 10 p.m., and. When firefighters arrived they were Laid a woman and children might be inside Tatum said. We knew they were dead if they were inside be cause a human could t survive that heat and smoke Tatum said. The whole House was a Ball of  the neighbor who spoke on condition that she not be identified said the Light of the fire caught her Atten Tion. I got up and when 1 looked out the door that s what i saw. It was already really going. Fire was com ing out the windows and it was the windows i heard  Tatum said he did not know the identities of the children. Some of the children were Pitts and others were the children of her Sisler Barbara according to officials at Hudson s funeral Home. Barbara Pitts was in the hos Pital at the time authorities said. So it ski illegal firearm carriers now face jail in Detroit Detroit a a new gun Law impose an automatic jail term for convictions of curving a firearm without permit in the City that the feb says Lead the nation in handgun homicide robberies and aggravated assault. Mayor Cote Mun Young Taid he signed the us mar Day despite misgivings that it May be Little More than a Fig Leaf covering Only the briefest por Tion of a very Complex and very serious  the ordinance paced nov. 26 by Che Cit Council imposes minimum 30-Day jail sentence and s100 Fine fora tint offence  sealed firearm without a permit. Second offenders would get 60 Days Phu the Fine repeal offences beyond that would get 90 Days i i the gae violator who cannot be homed in the Over crowded Way county jail will be Tel lilo a work program supervised by the sheriffs department strikers Hospital reach tentative agreement Flint Mich. A a tentative agreement has been reached to end a six Day strike at the 502-bed Hurley medical Center Flint s largest Hospital which had been forced to shut in Emer gency room and Transfer More than 200 patients. Hospital spokeswoman Becky o Grady Taid the tentative agreement was reached monday after a bargaining session that lasted 13 Houn. Picket lines which had been up since the strike began last tuesday were abandoned. O Grady said details of the agreement would be withheld pending ratification by members of a 10-Union coalition. Denver Man reportedly buys Beverly Hills hotel Beverly Hills Calif a Denver Oil millionaire Marvin Davis has won the bidding War for the landmark Beverly Hills hotel in Adeal Worth 1130 million to 1140 million Accord into published reports. The hold s current majority owner ii seem Boesky wife of Ivan f. Boesky the Wall Street stockbroker at the Center of a multimillion Dol Lar insider trading scandal. Mrs. Boesky t Lister and her family own the remaining 48 percent of the Beverly Hills hotel corp., the Parent company for the  on Sunset Boulevard. An unidentified source quoted in monday Losangeles Herald examiner said it was believed Davis has purchased "100 percent oct he a Lei alternate traffic route planned at Hoover dam Phoenix Ariz. A _ construction of a Bridge to divert traffic Oft the Highway atop Hoover dam could begin As Early As 1989, provided the three governments involved com through with the $70 million needed. One reason traffic needs to be siphoned off the two Lane dam route is because of the Poten tial for accidents said John Brown assistant regional director of the . Bureau of reclamation which operates the dam. We re particularly concerned about radioactive loads Brown said from Boulder City Nev. A i Pill from a radioactive Load could contaminate the water ordain age the Power gaming equipment1 woman accused of tampering with ice Cream Carton Seattle a a woman charged with tampering after she was seen Jab Bing an ice Cream Carton with a hypodermic Needle apparently planned to extort Money from companies by threatening their products authorities say. Lenore Ann Lee 28, entered no plea monday during her appearance before . Magistrate Philip k. Sweigert none count of consumer product Tam Pering affecting interstate Commerce. A detention bearing was set for thursday. Lee who was arrested sunday at a big daddy s supermarket in suburban Lynn Wood could be sentenced to up la 25 Yean in prison and a $50,000 Floe if convicted said Fri spokesman Joe Smith. Authorities believe the tampering is an isolated incident said Lynnwood police chief Larry Kalsbeek big daddy s pulled ils ice Cream from freezers and other store owners were notified but they apparently weren t removing their ice Cream. Authorities were seeking a search War rant for Lee s apartment and Fri agent Nicholas f. Mckean Laid in an affidavit that he believed in would contain various substances and other evidence of a scheme or conspiracy to extort Money. Using the threat of tampering with consumer  Security guard Randy Wiseman saw Lee remove a syringe from her pocket sunday and inject a liquid into an ice Cream Container the affidavit says. As she was about to inject a liquid from a second syringe into another Carton Wiseman moved to take it and the two struggled. A Man later identified by Lee As her Boyfriend ran up Ai she fled and tried Lodi Suade Wiseman from chasing her the affidavit says. Wiseman chased Lee into the parking lot where he and a police officer Taw her throw objects from her ear into come Bushes. Officers recovered from the ground Aunalla Brown Container which contained a balloon with Small Blue Pill along witha syringe with yellow residue and an Orange syringe Needle Cap in Taya. A syringe containing a yellow liquid Wai found near the big daddy i be Cream Cue. Lee s purse containing syringe with a dear liquid was Abo found at the store court papers said police found two syringe Needle Caps in Lee s jacket but Wen unable it find the syringes it it unknown whether other Cou Umer products have been laminated Wilh tag mining the affidavit mid  
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